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EU Safety GateRecalled 2009-11-13serious risk

Children's shoes (Flower Girl)

Is my product affected?

Children's shoes

  • Brand Flower Girl

Check against the official notice below — it lists the full affected range.

What happened

Flower Girl brand children's shoes (article number 155280, size 32) are being recalled due to a chemical safety hazard. The shoes come in dark-brown and taupe colors in a cardboard box and include a sachet labeled "ACTIVE MINERAL ANTI-MOLDS DO NOT EAT!!" Inside this sachet, the product contains 916.2 mg/kg of dimethylfumarate (DMF), a substance that strongly sensitizes skin on contact. Dimethylfumarate is banned in consumer products under European Commission Decision 2009/251/EC. The affected shoes were identified in Estonia and can be identified by the barcode 4001552800328 on the packaging.

Authorities have ordered the product withdrawn from the market. The source does not specify what action affected consumers should take with shoes they may already possess.

Written by software from the official notice below. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

Hazard

The product poses a chemical risk because it contains 916.2 mg/kg dimethylfumarate (DMF) in the sachets (substance not present in footwear).Dimethylfumarate is a substance which is strongly sensitising on contact with the skin, and consumer products containing dimethylfumarate are banned according to Commission Decision 2009/251/EC.

What should I do?

Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: OtherCategory of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.Date of entry into force: Unknown

Details from the source

Girls' shoes in dark-brown and taupe colour, packed in a cardboard box bearing the words “Flower Girl” and a label indicating the number of the article, colour, size and a sticker with information in Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian about the distributors, manufacturer and country of origin. In the box of shoes there is a mould-proof sachet with information: “ACTIVE MINERAL ANTI-MOLDS DO NOT EAT!!” Model: Article No. 155280, barcode on packaging 4001552800328, size 32. Notifying country: Estonia

Source

Official record: EU Safety Gate ↗

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